Q: Is 40,004,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,004,328 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 40,004,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 24 26 28 39 42 52 56 78 84 91 104 156 168 169 182 273 312 338 364 507 546 676 728 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,352 1,409 2,028 2,184 2,366 2,818 3,549 4,056 4,227 4,732 5,636 7,098 8,454 9,464 9,863 11,272 14,196 16,908 18,317 19,726 28,392 29,589 33,816 36,634 39,452 54,951 59,178 73,268 78,904 109,902 118,356 128,219 146,536 219,804 236,712 238,121 256,438 384,657 439,608 476,242 512,876 714,363 769,314 952,484 1,025,752 1,428,726 1,538,628 1,666,847 1,904,968 2,857,452 3,077,256 3,333,694 5,000,541 5,714,904 6,667,388 10,001,082 13,334,776 20,002,164 and 40,004,328, with no remainder.

Since 40,004,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,004,328, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).